Heavy Metal Textbooks

MOST EXCELLENT! 

Here's What's Cookin' in the tail end of 2020:

DIAMOND HEAD

Yes, Diamond Head has done for themselves what Metallica couldn't have done for them;  they've returned, with something great.  The re-recorded iconic songs are well done, and if you can produce a cover of Judas Priest's "Sinner" that's worth listening to, you've passed the awesome test.  

FATES WARNING

Fates Warning!  No S*#T!!!!

I have to be honest, I didn't even consider the possibility that there would ever be another Fates Warning album.  What a pleasant surprise, where 'pleasant' means I had a prog metal orgasm.

Sixteen years after arguably their best album, Fates Warning has returned with no loss of aggression or perfection.

If I told you this is not he best tune on this album, could you believe me?

 Instant member of the short list of best Fates Warning albums.

MISSISSIPPI BONES

How are you not millionaires?  You put out some of the best rock that's ever been laid down, at a breathtaking rate.  "The Witch Of Fulci Holler" and "Radio Free Conspiracy Theory" and this make three times Mississippi Bones has produced a flawless album (and twice this year). 

RIFFLORD

One new Rifflord tune is way better than none: 

What did I contribute?  Nothing.

Or did I ????

-ULTRA